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April 16, 2004
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:
International News Coverage
US Children Get Uneven Health Care, Report Finds
Reuters, U.K.
U.S. children are not getting the best health care and are often given inappropriate drugs and untested treatments, according to a report published on Thursday...."Given the fact that we spend far more on health care than other countries, we should be doing better for our children," said Sheila Leatherman, research professor at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, who helped write the report.
On the road to nowhere
Telegraph.co.uk, UK
It may be the longest gestation period in cinema history: in 1968, Francis Ford Coppola, then a rising director-screenwriter still in his twenties, bought the film rights to Jack Kerouac's classic Beat novel On the Road....[Russell] Banks was then at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, married and slightly older than most
students.
National Note
Dr. Olafur S. Palsson, a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the School of Medicine's Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, was quoted in Health magazine's March issue. The story reported on research that shows hypnotherapy may be an effective treatment for irritable bowel syndrome.
National Coverage
Children's health care not sufficient
Scripps Howard News Service
A new report on health care quality finds many American children being shorted on treatment and prevention measures that have been proven to work....The document, released Thursday, "shows dangerous lapses in patient safety; substantial shortcomings in providing effective and recommended care; persistent racial and ethnic disparities; and widespread failure to provide needed preventive services to teens," said Sheila Leatherman, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, a co-author of the study.
UNC Masters Of Fine Arts Students to Exhibit Paintings
Art Daily
What's new in the world of art? Every year the Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill exhibits works from the Master of Arts program graduates for a fresh look at art through works by these talented students.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr04/masters040704.html
State Note
Dr. Michael Pignone, assistant professor of medicine and associate chief of general internal medicine at the School of Medicine, was a guess on the People's Pharmacy, aired by WUNC-FM, about his study that found nearly half of all Americans lack sufficient literacy skills to take full advantage of the most useful medical technologies.
UNC News release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr04/pignone040804.html
State & Local Coverage
Town to be cautious about planning for airport land
The News & Observer
With the status of the Horace Williams Airport up in the air, the Town Council wants to be cautious about spending time and money planning for the university's proposed Carolina North research park.
Airport forecast still cloudy
The Herald Sun
The Town Council says it wants a clearer view of the fate of the Horace Wlliams airport before it puts much more time or money into assessing UNC plans for a new campus on the land the airport now occupies.
Charlotte student talks about HIV on 'Oprah' today
The Charlotte Observer
Even though HIV infection is rising among black men who have sex with men, it's rare to find a gay black male who will talk publicly about contracting the virus....Since 2000, at least 84 N.C. college men -- including 73 blacks -- have been diagnosed with HIV, according to a study by researchers at UNC Chapel Hill and the state health department.
UNC grad not hired for Trump gig
The News & Observer
The greed! The backstabbing! The brown-nosing! The miniskirts! The hair! And the woman so stunningly self-important she requires her own article -- the Omarosa!..."It's interesting to look at his joyful, positive outlook on life, knowing some of the struggles and tragedies that he's gone through," said Nick Didow, a marketing professor who had Jackson in his consumer behavior class at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School...."He's a competitor to his heart," said Archie Ervin, fraternity faculty adviser during Jackson's time at Chapel Hill.
UNC scientists: Cystic fibrosis cause found
The Herald-Sun
UNC scientists believe they have conclusively identified the central problem that causes cystic fibrosis lung disease, the most common lethal genetic illness among whites in the United States.
Some Want To Change UNC Award Named After Alleged White Supremacist
WRAL-TV (CBS, TV)
Cornelia Phillips Spencer's portrait hangs in Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There is also a dorm named after her and she is buried in the Chapel Hill cemetery, but some people say the university should take a second look at the individual and her accomplishments.
Hired? No. Bright future? Yes.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte's Kwame Jackson won't be working for Donald Trump, but his family and colleagues say he won the competition of "The Apprentice" anyway....He graduated from UNC Chapel Hill and Harvard, where he earned an MBA.
Sounding off on local talent
The Herald Sun
A group of UNC students has gotten together to put on some shows. They call it the Chapel Hill Music Festival, The Sound of the South.
Issues and Trends
Retired president continues to share wisdom with his beloved UNC system
The Herald-Sun
William Friday -- career educator, respected symbol of the public university -- has finally figured out how to use e-mail....It was for this reason that UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser sought out Friday soon after arriving in town in 2000 from the University of Nebraska.
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